Music 101 for Saturday 25 February 2017
Nga Taonga Mai Tawhiti Photo: RNZ Kirsten Johnstone
1-2pm
Danny Boyle, Trainspotting director talks about the soundtrack to the new film.
Nick Bollinger listens to the new Dirty Projectors album
Jet Jaguar talks about his new show at Wellington's Space Place
2-3pm
We witness Whanganui a Tara Roopu Nga Taonga Mai Tawhiti as they prepare for Te Matatini, the biggest event in the kapa haka calendar, and then cross live to the competition
3-4pm
We check in at Kapiti Coast festival Coastella
Meet Greek/Australian duo Xylouris White
and Japanese experimental post-rockers Hikashu talk about their nearly 40 years making music on the fringe.
4-5pm
The Mixtape: Jed Town, of X Features, Fetus Productions and Ghost Town presents a selection of songs that have affected him deeply over the past 50 years.
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Hikashu: Experimental sounds from Japan
2:00 PM.Since 1978, Koichi Makigami has been making music with Hikashu, a collective who have taken in post-punk, new wave, krautrock and free jazz. With techniques and sounds borrowed from various indigenous… Read more Video, Audio
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Dirty Projectors by Dirty Projectors
7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger investigates the indie rock/hip-hop crossover of Dirty Projectors. Read more Audio
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Ngā Taonga Mai Tawhiti prepare for Te Matatini
2:00 PM.Yadana Saw and Kirsten Johnstone witness kapa haka group Ngā Taonga Mai Tawhiti prepare for Te Matatini - the biggest event in the Māori performing arts calendar. Read more Audio, Gallery
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The Mixtape: Jed Town
5:00 PM.Jed Town is the saw-toothed musician from gothic experimental band Fetus Productions, post-punk Auckland band The Features and the revived X Features, and now country/psych trio Ghost Town. He's also… Read more Audio
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Black Peak by Xylouris White
7:30 PM.On the eve of their first New Zealand performance, Nick Bollinger tunes in to the Cretan folk and Melbourne rock fusion of Xylouris White, and talks to the duo’s drummer Jim White. Read more Audio
